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Alex Stewart : Portrait of a Pioneer by John Rice Irwin; Alex Lewis Stewart is a biography available to read on EtoBox.

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Alex Stewart was a recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship Award in 1983 by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington which recognized him as a living national treasure. Over a twenty year period of friendship the author developed a profound respect and great love for Alex Stewart, a truly remarkable Tennessee mountain character whose life epitomizes the pioneer development in America. The best of hundreds of hours of recorded conversations with Stewart are compiled into a moving portrait of this cooper, father of 13, farmer, logger, railroad man, and do-it-yourself interpreter of his rugged homeland. Because the ways Stewart tells his own stories are as important as the stories themselves, he is allowed to do most of the "talking" throughout the book. Through his own account of the people around him, Alex describes his rural life in the late 19th and 20th centuries through stories such as when he was bit by a rabid dog, when neighbor children begged for food, or how people gathered honey, made marbles, moonshine or furniture. Throughout his 94 years, Alex, who died in 1985, depended upon his own good sense to direct him and it led him through a rich and fascinating lif

Who reads Alex Stewart : Portrait of a Pioneer?

Author

John Rice Irwin; Alex Lewis Stewart

Publisher

Schiffer Publishing, Limited

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780887400537

Category

biography

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, History

Rating

4.65 / 5 (34 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14